Counterpoint-Introduction: Does NALA Provide Rights or Merely Rites?.

Zirkel, Perry A.

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Publication Date: 2000

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Counterpoint-Introduction: Does NALA Provide Rights or Merely Rites?

Zirkel, Perry A.

Journal of Law and Education, v29 v4 p477-79 Oct 2000

Summarizes Scott Ferrin's argument in the January 1999 issue of this journal (EJ 583 598) that "English only" policies violate the language rights of Native American Students. Introduces the rebuttal by Jim Littlejohn in the following article (EA 537 750). (Contains 17 footnotes.) (MLF)

Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, English Only Movement, Federal Legislation, Native Language Instruction, Public Schools

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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